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New initiative that aims to bring thousands of founders into the emerging world of Web3 is launched by global early-stage VC, Antler. Leading global early-stage venture capital investor, Antler has put out a call to founders and teams interested in building in Web3 to join its global cohorts. Antler already works with founders and early-stage companies across 17 cities worldwide, and will inve...
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Republic agrees deal to acquire Seedrs and thereby create the first global private investment marketplace. Huge news this week for Seedrs, Europe’s leading online private investment platform with the announcement that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Republic, the U.S. based private investment platform.The deal values Seedrs at approximately £75 million and will c...
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Enterprise Nation and WhatsApp launch a new initiative to help the UK's small businesses to both connect with customers and grow their businesses. Enterprise Nation has just announced details of a new partnership with WhatsApp, the world’s most popular private messaging service. The partnership aims to educate and support small businesses in the UK on how they can use WhatsApp’s fre...
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Flair Impact secures major investment to support US expansion and drive its mission of creating a world where all ethnicities can thrive. Here at Startacus we love hearing and reporting good news about startups, and even more so when we’ve been following their journeys. So we’re delighted to share word one one such startup today - Flair Impact, the black-owned, people analytics com...
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Material Evolution raises $3.4m to support further development of its innovative and sustainable alternative to concrete Way back at the end of last year, we highlighted some Northern Irish startups that we thought would be ones to watch during 2021. So we were delighted with the news this week that one of those startups, namely Material Evolution has just announced that it has raised $3....
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Magherafelt-based company SmartWorkPlus launches new range of products for enhanced facilities management, thanks to support from the Ulster Bank Accelerator Programme At our recent Work: In Progress event we had lots of discussions on the future of work and how companies are innovating in both how they work and where they work. It’s therefore interesting to see that innovation in the phy...
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Tesco and RangeMe partnership presents new opportunity for British suppliers to market their brands and grow their retail relationships The UK’s largest grocer Tesco has just announced details of a new partnership with RangeMe , the world’s largest product sourcing platform, with the aim of providing its product buying teams with access to the most relevant products its customers d...
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Exporting Founders is a new 12-week startup programme for NI-based early stage entrepreneurs, facilitated by Startacus, in partnership with Young Enterprise NI. Startacus, in partnership with Young Enterprise NI have launched Exporting Founders, a programme targeted at early stage entrepreneurs aged 18-30 across Northern Ireland, seeking to educate and inform those developing their business ide...
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London-based startup Nimbla secures investment to support scaling of its innovative invoice insurance business It’s a good start to the month for London-based fintech startup Nimbla with the announcement of a £5.1m funding round led by Silicon Valley venture fund Fin VC with participation from Barclays Bank. Founded in 2016, the Nimbla platform enables businesses to trade with a pe...
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Career Masterclass, the leading digital career development platform for black and ethnically-diverse professionals unveils upgraded new platform and mentor matching feature. The good news keeps coming for Career Masterclass, the champions of career development for ethnically-diverse professionals and under-represented groups! Following its recent investment news, the company has now announ...
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Investment success for Unlock, the startup that's aiming to help companies to build culture and sense of belonging among their remote teams Great news to start the week for London-based startup Unlock - the SaaS-enabled marketplace to build culture among remote teams, has raised a $2m seed round. The round was led by La Famiglia, with other investors including Kima Ventures, Antler, GuideS...
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  Key speakers, panelists and agenda announced for the Work: In Progress hybrid event that is being streamed live from The Mac, Belfast on 10th Nov. Details of the key speakers, panelists and agenda for the Work: In Progress event that is being delivered by Startacus have just been announced! Streamed live from The Mac, Belfast on 10th November, Work: In Progress is an event with a NI heart...
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